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[–]Oswald__Cobblepot 116 points117 points  (1 child)

This is a great idea! Think I'm going to binge this mini series.

[–]bleakminds[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Hahaha you mean just watch the whole movie?

[–]CecilyDawnflower 64 points65 points  (5 children)

fuck that watching them all in one marathon back to back is the only way to go

[–]ZakKa_dot_dev 18 points19 points  (6 children)

Awesome thanks. Waiting on the UHD Blu-ray and then I'll give this a try.

[–]riegspsych325 11 points12 points  (0 children)

ah shit, of course they come out with a higher-def version when I just get the blu-ray not too long ago. To quote Men in Black, "Guess I'll have to buy the White Album again"

[–]NiceColdPint 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Truly hope the UHD’s are actual fresh 4K transfers and not simply upscales of the current masters.

[–]Eurysaces 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I’m praying they address the extended Fellowship’s awful green color grade.

[–]ZakKa_dot_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The movies were filmed in 2k. This is fine though since a lot of the best looking UHD blurays are from 2k masters. The CGI however was renders at 1080p from what I understand.

[–]JoeMamaAndThePapas 13 points14 points  (0 children)

When I watch the LOTR, I binge at it all day. Fat marathon of movies.

[–]ThatBojac 46 points47 points  (8 children)

Why? You got places to be?

[–]distopiandoormatt 6 points7 points  (6 children)

My 10 year old does not have the attention span required to sit and watch a 3 hour movie. Granted we watched it a while ago and just watched a disc at a time but this idea is good for people with either a lot going on or kids without the ability to sit still for any length of time.

[–]Heyouguysss2 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

I guess thats fair, but when he's older watch it.

[–]distopiandoormatt 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Out of all the films we've watched it was honestly a meh from him. I think he'll grow to appreciate it more later in life but kids these days are only interested in fortnite and streamers playing fortnite apparently.

[–]Heyouguysss2 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Lets not generalize kids here, they're are more kids then you realize who appriacte this stuff, but yah I get what your saying

As I side note I will say it's a shame with kids lowering attention spans, it's a shame you could never make a kids movie that is over well over 2 hours, or is more slower paced and quiet

[–]distopiandoormatt -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Oh thats not a generalisation, its literally what my kid is doing right now. I agree though, I was over joyed he made it through some things we've watched.

[–]OneGoodRib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't, but those movies put me to sleep. Breaking them up into hour-long chunks would probably be a better way for me to watch them so I don't nod off 15 minutes in and wake up during the credits like I usually do.

[–]jackblack2323 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Eh those movies to me are a 3 day thing. One a day

[–]xx_trickydick_xx 10 points11 points  (5 children)

I wish we could add in the scouring of the shire to give that last episode more of an arc

[–]bleakminds[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Looking forward to what Amazon will do with the film rights. A book to script adaptation is impossible no matter how long you stretch it out but I’m hoping to see stuff the films missed like the scourging of the shire and old Tom Bombadil

[–]pazuzu_on_coke 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Unless I've missed something, Amazon doesn't have the rights to those, they can only make stuff about the eras preceding LotR, their series will be focused around the second age.

[–]retz119 2 points3 points  (2 children)

The amazon series is going to be based on the silmarillian not the lord of the rings

[–]Version_1 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

No it's not.

[–]CherrySteak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's going to presumably based on the second age specifically; they have already officially released a second age map of Middle-Earth to show which time period the show is taking place in, complete with Númenor.

[–]boogiefoot 12 points13 points  (0 children)

3 1/2 hours is too much??? Literally every time I re-watch them I just watch all 3 EE's and make a day of it.

[–]dec92010 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! It has been some time since I sat down to watch them all

[–]Mnemonic22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anybody else already watch the whole trilogy with the extended cuts like 2 days into this quarantine?

This sounds interesting though, I will watch again tomorrow for the 33rd time using this method.

[–]PrinceNuada01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I showed my girlfriend the LOTR extended editions recently, she had never seen anything LotR before, we watched Fellowship and the first half of The Two Towers on a Saturday, the rest of TTT the next Sunday, and then RotK a week later the following Saturday. My dad has a legit “home theater” with a 15 foot-long tv screen and projector, surround sound, recliner seats, so getting to see the Extended versions of Lord oF The Rings in what was basically a movie theater was quite nice when you take into consideration all the theaters are closed now

[–]fishboy3339 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We just got done watching the extended editions. Truly masterpieces, of what I thought was a really good trilogy.

We had to two part all of them. Especially with ROTK 4.5 hours.

[–]Mekroval 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Great idea! This is how I normally watch LOTR when I'm in the mood. You should consider one for the Hobbit trilogy as well.

[–]OprahNoodlemantra 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Hobbit trilogy

Just play frisbee with the disc and you’ll have more fun.

[–]Mekroval 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Guess I'm one of the few folks who legit liked the Hobbit films. They weren't as good as the LOTR trilogy, but I found myself really enjoying them, particularly towards the end. Thorin Oakenshield is still one of my favorite characters in the Tolkien/Jackson universe.

[–]DamienChazellesPiano 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you watch the maple edit and don’t at least see it as an overly stuffed work that has genuine great filmmaking inside, then you are lost! But seriously, the Maple Edit cuts out all the fat and leaves it to be one long movie (the length of one of the LOTR extended edition movies). This isn’t like the Star Wars prequels where certain elements of it are complete dog shit (the acting, and dialogue). Martin Freeman is a perfect bilbo, and I feel bad with how his portrayal is overlooked in a long mess of a trilogy.

[–]OprahNoodlemantra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be down to check that out. Even if it’s better from a storytelling perspective, there’s no way it fixes the dumb overused CGI and weird camera moves.

[–]Calvinshobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did the same and do so once a year, we break every movie in half or so, usually takes 5 nights to get through the entire series. Going to splurge for the 4K release on Black Friday , I got the extended box of blue rays on BF for 30$ from amazon years ago.

[–]spiritbearr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After people did it with the Irishman I'm surprised it took this long to find a new target. Thanks.

[–]friendsofvirtue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice idea. I'm going to try this. I've had the extended edition sitting on a shelf for a year now - only ever seen the theatrical version before, 3-4 hours is a long time to watch a movie - even in a virus quarantine.

[–]JohnDorian11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was literally already doing this lol

[–]epictetusdouglas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched the Hobbit Extended editions and am now on the final LOTR Extended edition movies. I roughly stopped at the halfway point on each movie and it really feels like a very long miniseries breaking up these very long extended editions of each movie.

[–]georgieb13 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

What a load of bollocks. Watch then in a day like a true fan you melt. I literally did this two days ago, it was a good day!